103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4721

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
310 ILCS 105/30

    Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. In a provision requiring the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force to submit a report to the General Assembly, changes the deadline date for the report from September 30, 2023 to December 31, 2024. Changes the repeal date of the provision creating the Task Force from September 30, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning housing.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is
5amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (310 ILCS 105/30)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 30, 2024)
8    Sec. 30. Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding
9Allocation Task Force.
10    (a) The Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding
11Allocation Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall
12consist of the following members:
13        (1) One member appointed by the President of the
14    Senate.
15        (2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
16    Senate.
17        (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House
18    of Representatives.
19        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
20    House of Representatives.
21        (5) One member appointed by the Illinois Housing
22    Development Authority.
23        (6) One member representing the Chicago Low-Income

 

 

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1    Housing Trust Fund, appointed by the Board of Directors of
2    the Trust Fund.
3        (7) One member representing a local administering
4    agency from Cook County (excluding Chicago), DuPage
5    County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, or McHenry
6    County, appointed by the Governor.
7        (8) One member, appointed by the Governor,
8    representing a local administering agency from a small
9    metropolitan area from one of the following areas:
10    Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana,
11    Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County,
12    Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, or St. Clair County.
13        (9) One member representing a local administering
14    agency from a rural area, appointed by the Governor; as
15    used in this paragraph, "rural area" means an area of the
16    State that is not specifically named in paragraph (7) or
17    (8).
18        (10) Three members from an organization representing
19    Illinois county clerks and recorders, appointed by the
20    Governor, as follows:
21            (A) one member from Cook County (excluding
22        Chicago), DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County,
23        Will County, or McHenry County;
24            (B) one member from a small metropolitan area from
25        one of the following areas: the cities of Springfield,
26        Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana,

 

 

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1        Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Moline,
2        Pekin, or Rantoul or Madison County or St. Clair
3        County; and
4            (C) one member from a rural area, appointed by the
5        Governor; as used in this subparagraph, "rural area"
6        means an area of the State that is not specifically
7        named in subparagraph (A) or (B).
8        (11) Up to two members representing a Section
9    501(c)(3) affordable housing advocacy organization,
10    appointed by the Governor.
11        (12) One additional member appointed by the Governor.
12    Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later than
1330 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
14102nd General Assembly. If any members are not appointed
15within the 30-day period, the entity or person responsible for
16making the appointment shall be deemed to have forfeited the
17right to make such appointment.
18    (b) Once appointed, the members shall elect a chairperson
19and vice chairperson by a simple majority vote.
20    If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled
21according to the initial appointment.
22    At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals may
23participate as nonvoting members in the meetings of the Task
24Force.
25    Members of the Task Force shall serve without
26compensation. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall

 

 

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1provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force.
2    (c) Once all members have been appointed, the Task Force
3shall meet not less than 3 times to carry out the duties
4prescribed in this Section. Members of the Task Force may
5attend such meetings virtually.
6    (d) A report delineating the Task Force's findings,
7conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the
8General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024 September 30,
92023.
10    (e) The members of the Task Force are exempt from
11requirements of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act,
12the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, or any other applicable
13law or regulation that would require Task Force members to
14complete trainings, disclosures, or other filings since the
15Task Force is of limited duration and is charged only with
16delivering a non-binding report.
17    (f) The Task Force shall study and make recommendations
18regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support
19funds across the State. The Task Force shall also work with the
20Illinois Housing Development Authority as funding allocations
21will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the
22United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census.
23    (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2025
24September 30, 2024.
25(Source: P.A. 102-1135, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.